---
title: Hacker News
---

**HackerNews** enables an Agent to search Hacker News website.

## Example

The following agent will write an engaging summary of the users with the top 2 stories on hackernews along with the stories.

```python cookbook/tools/hackernews.py
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools

agent = Agent(
    name="Hackernews Team",
    tools=[HackerNewsTools()],
        markdown=True,
)

agent.print_response(
    "Write an engaging summary of the "
    "users with the top 2 stories on hackernews. "
    "Please mention the stories as well.",
)
```

## Toolkit Params

| Parameter          | Type   | Default | Description                    |
| ------------------ | ------ | ------- | ------------------------------ |
| `enable_get_top_stories`  | `bool` | `True`  | Enables fetching top stories.  |
| `enable_get_user_details` | `bool` | `True`  | Enables fetching user details. |
| `all` | `bool` | `False` | Enables all functionality. |

## Toolkit Functions

| Function                     | Description                                                                                                                                                                      |
| ---------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `get_top_hackernews_stories` | Retrieves the top stories from Hacker News. Parameters include `num_stories` to specify the number of stories to return (default is 10). Returns the top stories in JSON format. |
| `get_user_details`           | Retrieves the details of a Hacker News user by their username. Parameters include `username` to specify the user. Returns the user details in JSON format.                       |

## Developer Resources

- View [Tools](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/blob/main/libs/agno/agno/tools/hackernews.py)
- View [Cookbook](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/tree/main/cookbook/tools/hackernews_tools.py)
